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Legal ch 3.1
u3 aos1 criminal justice system
Term | Definition |
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Criminal Justice System | set of processes and institutions used to investigate and determine the outcome of criminal cases |
Commonwealth offences | crimes that break a law passed by the Cth Parliament |
examples of cth offences | customs laws, drug dealing, human trafficking, terrorism |
courts in vic | mag, vcc, supreme |
what is The state | the prosecution in criminal cases |
Office Public Prosecutions (OPP) | Vic public prosecutions office that prepares and conducts criminal proceedings on behalf of DPP |
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) | independent officer responsible for commencing, preparing, and conducting prosecutions of indictable offices on behalf of the Crown |
Identify 3 organisations than can prosecute a case in Court | Local councils, Vic police VicRoads, WorkSafe Victoria can prosecute lesser offences in MagCourt |